NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS

Abrasions - Scrapes Abstemious - Discipline, self-denying, moderate Accolade - honor, privilege, award, tribute Adamant - Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate Adversaries - Opponents Affinity - empathy for, harmony Agrarian - Farm production Allay - reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm Aloof - distant, detached, unfriendly Altruist - Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish Ambiguous - open to more than one interpretation, double meaning, vague Amiable - friendly, affable, amicable, cordial Anachronism - belonging to another period other the present Animosity - great ill - hostility, hatred Antediluvian - Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé Antithesis - opposite, contrary, reverse Apathy - indifference, lack of interest Apex - Highest point Ascetic - self-discipline, self-denying Bauble - Trinket, Ornament, Frippery Bedlam - Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder Biennial - once every two years Bigot - Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist Bogus - not genuine, not true, fake, false Brazen - Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent Cacophonous - discordant Calamity - Disaster Callous - Heartless, cruel Callow - Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive Candid - truthful, outspoken, honest, sincere Canter - a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a trot and a gallop Castes - Social class Caterwauling - Howling, Cry, Bark, howl, scream, wail Caustic - Corrosive, Sarcastic, Bitter Celestial - Heavenly Chaste - Virginal Commonplace - ordinary, not unusual Contiguous - adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, abutting, connecting Convalescence - Recuperation Conversant - Familiar with, knowledgeable about Convivial - Pleasant Cowardly - Pusillanimous, Lack of courage Cryptic - enigmatic Damper - mold, wet Deference - respect, obedience, surrender Demure - modest, reserved, bashful, proper, chaste Derisive - mocking, insulting, sarcastic Disdainful - Scornful - Disrespectful Dissident - objector, protester, rebel, agitator, protesting, Rebellious Dogged - tenacious, determined, purposeful Dogmatic - insistent, adamant, authoritarian Domicile - Residence Edible - safe to eat, consumable, good to eat Edicts - order, command, decree Elicit - obtain, draw out, evoke, induce, provoke Empirically - based on, concerned with, Enticements - temptations, lure, allure, attraction Epilogue - afterword, postscript, addendum Eroded - dissolve, corrode, decay, destroy, deteriorate Essence - nature Expiate - make amends for, pay for it, redeem Explicit - Clearly stated Fallow - uncultivated, unplowed, inactive Falter - hesitate, delay, stammer, and struggle, Unsteadily Fastidious - Scrupulous, meticulous, critical, hard to please Flaccid - soft